Improvement in cotton-planters



A. R." WIGGS.v

' Cotton Planter.

' No. 89,958. Patented May 11,1869.-

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ALEXANDER R mesa 1'01 IUKA, Missiles-1am.

Iietters tem t No. 89,958, dated May 11, 18st.

IMPROVEMENT IN CdTTON-PLANTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To an that u m concmfn r Be itknown that I, ALEXANDER R. WIGGS, of

Iuka. county of Tishemingo, State of Mississippi, have invented anImprovement in Cotton-Planters, being a barrow, plow, hopper,andscraper, combined; and} do hereby declare the following to be anexact description thereof, rferencebein g had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of" reference marked thereon, making a,part of this specification.

Figure 2, atop view .ofthe same. Figure 3, a front iew of the coverer.The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the barrow,plow, hopper, scraper, or coverer and handles, as constructed andcombined, for the purpose of planting cotton in the easiest and mostexpeditious manner. r

To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation. A representsthewtriangular harrow in front, to which the horse is attached, thebarrow being fastened, by a hook or chain, to the seedingahopper B, thatis an ohlong receptacle for the cotton-seed, and is angularshaped, widerat topthan at the bottom, and the bot-I tom beiugopen to allow thecotton to fall through into the furrow beneath, made by the plow, oropener O, I

that ispermanently attached to the bottom of the hopper, at the frontend.

At the rear end of the hopper, and across the bottom, at right angles,the scraper D is permanent? fastened,the lower side ofthcscr'apei' beingarche so'as to cover; or scrape the earth ina ridge, over the ,furrowcontaining the seed that hasheenrdropped in through the hopper-bythe'hand of the operator, who

supplies the hopper with the seed whilst the machine Figure 1representsa side view of the'co'tton-planter.

is in motion. 1 y

I I The handles E, attached to'theirear'side of tnerhopper, enable thedriver to guide and regulate the movement of the machine. Y Theadvantages of my machine save the use of a horse and man with aharrow;also a horse and man with an openerandseeder; also a horseand man with acovere'nas heretoforensed, one man and horse, with my machine, doingthe'work oftthree. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, gv

' The arrangement and combinatiouof the harrow A, plowO, hopper B,scraper D, and handles E,.when,con- 'strneted and operating as hereindescribed, and for the p purposes set forth.

.Witnesses: R.

J, FRANKLIN Balsam, 'ED F. Bnown.

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